svcalypso
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Background :
Our house is plumbed with type M (thin wall) copper pipe and I am getting pinhole leaks - 1, maybe 2 year - enough to have me ripping it our and replacing it with Pex. The Pex manifold and home run pex tubing part is great, no issues there, but as I went down this route we decided to also put in a Crystal Quest whole house filter. The unit comes with male to male 1" NPT fittings, one end screws into a copper 1" NPT female to 1" copper sweat fitting (no issues there). The other end screws into the whole house filter and it is a male metal to female plastic fitting. The instructions are not to use any form of thread sealant - tape, dope etc. Well I followed these instructions and I have leaks on both the in and out sides. Should I be be looking at using some form of sealant despite what the instructions say ?
This is the unit in question : http://crystalquest.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1154380041&ADMIN=YES
Any experience with this ? Suggestions ?
Thanks
Mark
Our house is plumbed with type M (thin wall) copper pipe and I am getting pinhole leaks - 1, maybe 2 year - enough to have me ripping it our and replacing it with Pex. The Pex manifold and home run pex tubing part is great, no issues there, but as I went down this route we decided to also put in a Crystal Quest whole house filter. The unit comes with male to male 1" NPT fittings, one end screws into a copper 1" NPT female to 1" copper sweat fitting (no issues there). The other end screws into the whole house filter and it is a male metal to female plastic fitting. The instructions are not to use any form of thread sealant - tape, dope etc. Well I followed these instructions and I have leaks on both the in and out sides. Should I be be looking at using some form of sealant despite what the instructions say ?
This is the unit in question : http://crystalquest.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1154380041&ADMIN=YES
Any experience with this ? Suggestions ?
Thanks
Mark